The Choice is Yours!

The first thing to consider: What is an operating system? An operating system is something you never see, but does the important job of listening to what you want to do then telling that to your hardware. The ‘kernel’ is like the system core that makes everything happen. Windows is what you actually see and [...]

2009: A Year in Review

I don’t usually go down for end-of-year reviews, but 2009 is a special case. It’s heralded huge shifts in the technology industry, and shows us there’s plenty of promise for the coming decade. Content On Demand This year has seen an explosion of on-demand streaming services making use of new high-speed broadband connections. Missed your [...]

The Future of Gaming XBOX 360

I will not hit you with yet another blog post about Project Natal (especially as it’s covered elsewhere more than adequately). But if there is just ONE post you should read, it’s this one: http://tinyurl.com/pfqcl9 This takes you to Plus XP, an excellent games review site. On here is a video link to the Milo project [...]

Vista – My Thoughts

Every now and again Microsoft feels the need to bestow a new, unstable operating system on us all. This hasn’t always been a bad thing. The transition from Windows 3.0 to Windows 95 and Windows 98 to XP really were good – Windows 95 brought greater capabilities to the user – and everyone balked at [...]

Clearing Up FAQs For Office 2007 – Once And For All!

I’m fed up with being asked the same questions about Office 2007. People buy it without finding out about it, then wonder why they have no idea how to do anything or why programs are missing. I agree, the ribbons take some getting used to, and I’ve been stuck myself trying to work out how [...]